him. he s being brief and very much being kept in the loop of what is going on. reporter: absolutely, brianna. the president may be on vacation here in hawaii but white house officials say he is receiving updates on the war on isis, especially on what is happening in the key iraqi city of ramadi where the terrorists are on the run. it s the news the president will welcome as americans appear to be losing faith in his isis plan. with the u.s.-led coalition at war with isis half a world away, president obama just got a fresh reminder during his vacation in hawaii americans are worried that terrorists are winning the fight. a new cnn orc poll shows americans lost confidence in the obama administration s ability to defeat isis and prevent another terrorist attack. 64% disapproval of the handling of isis and 65 believe the government can prevent against
who is on top now? new day starts now. donald trump may be right this is turning more and more into a two-man race between donald trump and me. she is playing the woman c d card. she s great at being the victim. that is not who we are as americans. the iraqi city of ramadi. on the move to take back the city center from isis, months after they ran away from the fight. it s a big test. they haven t passed even part one yet. major security preach of new york s jfk airport. he climbed a fence and walked across two intersectioning runways before anyone spotted him. what s more disconcerting to me is that the person was able to get away. this is new day. with chris cuomo, allison camera
the fox debate is set for january 13th in south carolina. happening now, u.s. commanders are in northern syria, cnn learned special operation troops are there. they are adviseding local fighters. u.s. officials decline to say exactly how many are where they are for obvious reasons. this contingent is for the up to 50 special op forces. president obama approved to advise syrian fighters. battles enrageing in the key iraqi city of ramadi, iraqi forces fight to take anbar province from isis. isis fighters cap cured the city in may, gaining a key propaganda victory as well as a strategic foothold, 70 miles from baghdad. cnn is following developments for us. robin, in may, when isis took the city, u.s. secretary of defense said that the iraqi army didn t seem like it had the will to fight. ash carter questioning whether or not iraqis have the will to
we ll take this historic moment live. hello, everyone, i m kate bolduan. and i m john berman. this morning, a new move in the war on terror. just moments ago, defense secretary ash carter told the senate armed services committee that for the first time, the u.s. is ready to deploy advisers and apache gunships in the battle to retake the iraqi city of ramadi. the reality is, we are at war. that s how our troops feel about it. because they re taking the fight to isil every day. applying the might of the finest fighting force the world has ever known. we want this expeditionary targeting force to make isil and its leaders wonder when they go to bed at night, who s going to be coming in the window. but the defense secretary also acknowledged and said in this hearing that isis is not
fighters are digging in planting booby traps around the key iraqi city of ramadi and only isis fighters they say are in the city despite iraqi government claims a counteroffensive is under way. we re back with democratic congressman john garamendi of california. he s a member of the house armed services committee. congressman, the white house communications director jen psaki said we need to adopt our strategy in the fight against isis. here s the question why has it taken so long for the administration to admit the current strategy is clearly not working, that they need to come up with something better? well i think we need to go back to what that strategy original was. it was one of turning the iraqi government around so that we have a new government and one that was much broader in context, that it wasn t just based on the shias. that has happened but it is not yet complete. we also had to rebuild the iraqi